george smith patton, grew up there as well. it was in california that he had his son, george s patton, of world war ii fame. the home itself ended up becoming the property of a man gue, and they owned the home for number of years. it remained in downtown charleston until 1906. at that point in time, dunbar street was going to cut right through the home's property, so it was divided into three sections, rolled on logs and moved to lee street. the home remained there until in national society of -- west virginia and did a purchasing it from the city for a dollar and moved it to daniel boone park to be preserved. that took place in 1973. since then, it has been an ongoing project to maintain the home and provide the public with an idea of what it would look like for a family living in the 1830's and 1840's, what it would look like for a family living here during the 1850's and 1860's. our cities tour staff recently traveled to charleston, west virginia to learn about its rich history. to watch more video from charleston and other stops on our tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history

george patton his susan patton moved to california after the civil war with her three children. her son, george smith patton, grew up there as well. it was in california he had his son, george satton of world war ii fame. the home itself ended up becoming the property of a gentleman named dr. hoag in the hoag family owned the patton house for a number of years. the home remained in downtown charleston until 1906. dunbar street was going to cut through the homes property. it was divided into three sections. the home remains there until the national society in west virginia ended up purchasing it from the city for one dollar and moved it here so it could be preserved. that took place in 1973. it has been an ongoing project to maintain the home. and really provide the public with an idea of what it would look like for a family living in 1830's and 1840's what it would look like for a family living here in the 1850's and 1860's. c-span is in charleston, west virginia learning about the city's history and literary scene. from pepperoni roles to biscuits, up next, we talked to author of the book "the west virginia pepperoni roll" about the role in appalachian culture. >> i think on